Thanks Weldzilla, I just popped in an e8400 (Q807) to go with my new G.Skill RAM --G.skill 6400 HZ (mine has a green PCB though). Not sure it's a good as your older stuff -- black PCB?

It's better than the PC 8000 2 x 2G that I had -- right now I'm at 1129 MHz 5-5-5-15 2.0 VDIMM in BIOS